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Table 3-16: Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation by Subcategory (Current millions of dollars)

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 (R) 1998 (R) 1999 (R) 2000 (R) 2001 2002 (R) 2003 (R) 2004 (R) 2005 (R) 2006 (R) 2007 (R) 2008 (R) 2009 (R) 2010 (R) 2011 2012
TOTAL transportation 40,800 56,500 76,500 124,400 226,500 357,400 442,900 418,300 451,300 485,300 528,200 554,100 598,900 641,800 668,600 729,000 795,400 810,500 (R) 813,100 846,000 899,300 960,800 992,900 1,032,700 1,009,700 867,000 942,100 1,056,500 1,110,200
User-operated transportation, total 39,510 55,325 74,483 121,054 218,784 349,065 433,278 409,458 444,552 479,512 523,379 548,274 592,165 (R) 631,796 657,020 717,448 776,311 796,463 (R) 804,620 838,541 893,280 957,572 985,639 1,028,418 1,000,561 858,005 930,672 1,041,215 1,093,404
New cars and net purchases of used cars 16,571 25,191 26,754 36,775 57,243 110,679 118,988 103,658 112,410 120,391 133,268 (R) 132,438 (R) 135,292 (R) 138,661 145,609 155,206 159,402 156,583 (R) 154,444 144,910 148,638 154,235 154,010 148,089 132,200 113,837 114,870 128,730 142,995
New and used trucks and RVs 606 1,284 2,667 7,739 11,849 40,988 63,882 60,337 70,115 80,809 91,229 (R) 96,427 (R) 109,274 (R) 124,532 145,530 166,096 174,152 196,917 (R) 217,410 226,368 229,175 221,882 204,462 213,681 166,544 161,777 182,197 191,407 208,608
Motor vehicle parts and accessories 2,487 3,450 6,087 10,287 17,926 23,483 28,254 27,803 28,727 30,797 33,737 35,366 37,647 39,133 39,477 41,070 41,788 41,260 41,674 44,121 47,124 50,609 53,442 56,242 54,808 51,775 55,460 59,598 61,824
Repair and rentala 5,262 7,214 11,776 18,971 32,597 58,035 82,033 78,832 86,705 95,755 108,622 121,371 134,351 147,753 154,548 166,189 176,972 181,925 179,036 181,590 187,002 196,395 204,800 212,087 209,776 193,454 194,553 204,607 211,696
Gasoline and oil 12,004 14,751 21,921 39,703 86,689 97,205 111,440 108,852 112,864 114,518 116,492 120,410 130,494 134,428 120,787 134,190 168,609 162,485 (R) 153,611 178,977 213,376 261,430 295,926 319,919 358,327 260,229 307,265 379,528 390,361
Parking fees and tolls 567 816 1,205 1,652 2,529 4,004 5,171 5,546 6,427 6,864 7,281 7,766 8,405 9,482 10,687 11,463 12,318 12,859 12,747 13,504 14,449 15,405 15,806 16,421 16,954 16,967 17,386 18,429 18,888
Insurance premiums, less claims paidb 2,013 2,619 4,073 5,927 9,951 14,671 23,510 24,430 27,304 30,378 32,750 34,496 36,702 37,807 40,382 43,234 43,070 44,434 45,698 49,071 53,516 57,616 57,193 61,979 61,952 59,966 58,941 58,916 59,032
Purchased intercity transportation, total 1,447 2,145 4,156 7,402 15,376 21,014 29,468 28,827 29,338 31,973 34,231 37,071 40,241 45,141 49,292 52,726 59,670 54,349 (R) 51,625 55,045 58,208 59,576 61,553 63,743 64,076 57,773 59,098 61,909 63,138
Railroad 448 429 395 474 588 616 696 697 546 526 488 482 489 490 519 555 635 697 726 721 736 757 847 957 1,052 971 1,091 1,165 1,240
Intercity bus 154 206 311 455 873 754 615 674 682 724 776 836 895 1,022 1,118 1,202 1,360 1,410 1,412 1,435 1,432 1,420 1,455 1,383 1,493 1,250 1,076 1,173 1,286
Airline 678 1,279 3,075 5,890 12,768 18,088 25,891 25,069 25,581 27,742 29,226 31,072 33,269 37,216 40,269 43,042 49,166 42,873 39,515 42,678 44,734 45,446 46,318 47,572 47,413 42,196 42,652 44,328 47,331
Otherc 167 231 375 583 1,147 1,556 2,266 2,387 2,529 2,981 3,741 4,681 5,588 6,413 7,386 7,927 8,509 9,369 (R) 9,972 10,211 11,306 11,953 12,933 13,831 14,118 13,356 14,279 15,243 13,281
Purchased local transportation, total 1,904 1,958 2,906 4,019 4,864 7,093 9,701 10,468 11,153 11,507 11,761 11,738 11,958 11,931 13,105 13,713 14,587 15,571 14,752 15,326 16,903 18,009 19,897 19,966 20,910 21,500 21,885 23,287 24,382
Mass transit system 1,295 1,346 1,726 2,051 2,998 4,521 7,124 7,843 8,567 8,794 8,962 8,749 8,796 8,673 9,606 10,444 11,516 12,204 11,298 12,089 13,061 13,875 15,294 15,392 16,380 16,950 17,143 18,299 19,123
Taxi 609 612 1,180 1,968 1,866 2,572 2,577 2,625 2,586 2,713 2,799 2,989 3,162 3,258 3,499 3,269 3,071 3,367 3,454 3,237 3,842 4,134 4,603 4,574 4,530 4,550 4,742 4,988 5,259

KEY: R = revised; RVs = recreational vehicles.

a Also includes greasing, washing, storage, and leasing.

b Consists of premiums plus premium supplements less normal losses and dividends paid to policyholders for motor vehicles insurance.

c Consists of baggage charges, coastal and inland waterway fares, travel agents' fees, airports bus fares, and limousine services.

NOTES

Bureau of Economic Analysis 14th comprehensive revision of the NIPAs, covering the period 1929-2013Q1, was released on July 31, 2013. This revision included several major improvements to the accounts, including expanded capitalization of intellectual property products and a change to accrual accounting for defined benefit pension plans.

Numbers may not add to totals due to different sources used.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, tables 2.5.5 and 2.4.5U , available at http://www.bea.gov/national/index.htm as of Aug. 9, 2013.table_03_16.xlsx